Vending-machine.



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VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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AUGUSTE ARTHUR GAILLE AND HOWARD B. GONOVER, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Application filed May 13, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AuGUs'rE ARTHUR CAILLE and HOWARD B. CONOVER,citizens of the United States, and residents of Detroit, in the countyof WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulVending-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This device relates to means for vending small articles such as packagesof tickets, stamps, cigarettes, chewing gum and confectionery, and itsobject is to provide a vending machine with a series of recep-' tacleswhich may be filled simultaneously and which will be drawn upon insequence, to provide a vending machine having great capacity inproportion to its height, which shall be proof against pilferers, andwhich shall be strong and easily maintained.

This invention consists in a case, a series of receptacles placed sideby side, a laterally movable ejector in the bottom of each receptacle,means to carry the thus ejected article out of the case, a manuallyrotatable device for operating the ejectors in sequence, a lockingdevice for preventing such rotation, and a coin controlled releasingdevice for thestop mechanism.

It further consists in the details of construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of thisdevice with the case shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a bottom view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the base and receptacles. Fig. 4 is aployed to inclose this mechanism. The receptacles 1 for the articles tobe vended are preferably formed of sides 2 of thin sheet metal facingeach other, the upper edges connected by bars 3, and the lower edgesunited by a frame 4. This frame has feet 5 resting on the base 6, andlugs 7 through which screws 8 extend into the base. Fig. 3 shows crossbars 9 between the receptacles, which bars may rest on the upwardlyextending guide ribs 10. These guide ribs are slightly higher than thethickness of the article vended so that it may freely move beneath theframe 4. The base 6 is in the form of a flat plate having the upwardlyextending parallel ribs 10, downwardly extending lugs for variouspurposes, .andslotslQ, parallel to the ribs 10. Fig. 2 shows perforatedlugs 13 and 14 on the lower side of the base, in which lugs is slidablea rod 15 which has a knob 16 on its front end. Connected to this rodbetween the lugs is a cross-head 17, having arms 18 provided withupwardly extending fingers 19 which extend through the slots 12. Aspring 20 normally holds the cross head 17 in such position that thefingers 19 are in the rear of the articles in the receptacles. It willbe noticed in Fig. 3 that these slots 12 are to the left of thereceptacle-s so that these fingers 19 may normally move without engagingthe articles to be vended.

In the bottom of each receptacle is found a laterally movable ejectorplate 22 for the articles to be vended. These ejecto-rs have arms 23which extend through the slots 24 in the base. (Figs. 3 and 4). Thelower ends of these arms are revoluble on the pins 25 carried bythelower ends of the brackets 26 on the lower side of the base. Springs27 on the hubs 28 of these brackets normally hold the ejectors in thepositions shown in Figs. 3 and5. 1

A main shaft 30 is journaled in the lugs 31 on the bottom .of the baseand carries arms 32, one for each receptacle, and preferably equallyspaced circumferentially. These arms are positioned to engage the cams33 on the arms 23 of the ejectors in such a manner that the ejectorswill be swung to the right in'Fig. 3 (left in Fig.

5) entirely out of the receptacles. This permits the lowest article inthe receptacle to fall onto the base plate. When an arm 32 has passedits particular cam 33, the spring 27 will return the ejector to normalposition, thereby forcing the lowest article in the receptacle into thepath of the proper finger 19 of the cross head. The rod 15 is thenpulled forward to carry the article out of the machine. 1

The main shaft 36 carries a gear 36 which meshes with a pinion 37 on thedriving shaft 38, journaled in the lugs 39. On the left end of thisdriving shaft is a knurled button 40 by means of which this shaft andthe main shaft may be turned. On the right end of this driving shaft isa mechanism which stops the shaft at the end of one full revolution.

At the front of the frame 4 are a series of openings to permit thedischarge of the vended article, which openings are normally closed bythe small gates 42. These gates are on the front ends of the arms 43,pivoted on the rods 44, which rods are carried by the lugs 45 on thebottom side of the base 6. Springs 46 connect to the rear projections 47of these arms and to the rod 48 carried by the lugs 49 on the base, andnormally hold the gates over the openings. Small lips 50 (Fig. 2)prevent these gates from moving upward too far.

The operation of the ejecting device is as follows. The locking deviceat the right end of the driving shaft 38 having been released, thepurchaser turns back the knob 40 one revolution. This turns the shaft 30sufficiently for the next arm 32 to engage the adjacent cam 33 and movethe ejector to the right away from under the articles in its receptacle.This permits the articles to fall so that the lowest rests on the base6. Whenthe arm 32 has passed the cam, the spring 27 returns the ejectorto normal position, which, being of substantially the same height as thethickness of the articles to be vended, will push the lowest article tothe left into the path of the finger '19, and resume its place underthose still in the receptacle. The purchaser then pulls on the button 16and draws the article toward him. The article will strike the propergate 42 and force it outward and downward as shown in dotted lines inFig. 4, the article passing out of the machine a suflicient distance tobe grasped by the purchaser and fully removed, after which the spring 46will return the gate 42 to normal position. At the next revolution ofthe button 40, another ejector 22 will be actuated so that an articlewill be taken from each receptacle in turn.

As a machine of the construction shown has the capacity of asingle-receptacle machine three times as high, this construction is'ofgreat advantage where the permissible height is limited but where alittle additional width is unobjection'able.

At the right end of the machine is a stopping and releasing mechanismfor the shaft 38 adapted to be governed by a coin. A coin receiverconsists of a front plate 54 secured to the base 6 by means of screws55, and a rear plate 56, secured to the front plate. To this rear plateand to a bracket 57 on the base the various parts to bejnow describedare mounted. As it is desirable slots 63 in the coin receiver andadapted to hold the lower coin until the other arm 64 is engaged by thearm 78 of main lever (which arm is normally just in the rear of the arm61 of the retainer) and swung outward. A spring 65 returns this retainerin operative posit-ion.

Pivoted on the pin 66 carried by the rear plate is an actuating leverhaving an outwardly projecting arm 67 which carries a push rod 68,-extending out of the case and provided with a button 69 at its upperend. This actuating lever also has an upwardly extending arm 70 whichcarries a forwardly projecting pin 71 adapted to engage the upper coin Band force it against the pins 72 and 109 projecting forward from themain lever 73. This lever is pivoted on the pin 74 on the rear plate andhas two arms. One, 76 extends inwardly and has a rearwardly projectingfinger 77 to engage the stop pawl 90. The other arm 78 extendsdownwardly and carries the pin 72.. The outer end of this arm engagesthe arm 64 of the coin retainer 59 when swung by the push rod. A spring79 normally holds up the arm 67 and the push rod 68, while the spring 80holds the lower end of the arm 78 inward.

On the right end of the shaft 38 is a hub 83 having a cam disk 84 on itsouter end and a cam flange 85 at its inner end. The disk carries asegmental flange 86 and a pin 87. A spring 88 connecting to this pin andto the arm 89 on the base completes the rotation of this shaft- 38 whennecessary. The stop pawl 90 is pivoted on the screw 91 carried by thelug 92 on the base. A spring 93 is mounted on this screw between thehead and the pawl and frictionally holds the pawl in either of twopositions.

On the pin 94 which projects from the bracket 57 is pivoted the stoplever having an arm 95 provided with a lug 96, which engages the rim ofthe cam disk 84. A spring 97 connects to this arm and to the arm 89. Theother arm 98 of the stop lever has a shoulder 99 (Fig. 10) which mayswing into the path of the flange 86. At the upper end of this arm 98 isa slot 100 into which the arm 101 on the rear end of the rod 102extends. This rod is slidable in the hub 103 on the rear plate and iscentral w1th the coin A. On the inner side of the cam disk 84 is a lugor shoulder 106 (Fig. 10) adapted to be engaged by the lower end of thestop pawl 90.

This mechanism operates as follows. The first coin inserted falls to theposition A in Fig. l, resting against a shoulder 108 in the CO1Il chuteand against the pin 62 of the retalner 59. The shaft 38 is held lockedby the lower end of the pawl 90 resting against the lug 106 on the innerface of the disk 84. Pushing down the rod 68 and swinglng the arm 67 hasno effect as the only connection between this member and the stop pawlis through the main lever and a com in proper position. When the secondC0111 1s dropped into the chute, it will rest on the first and againstthe two forwardly pro ectlng pins 72 and 109 on the main lever 73. Whenthe rod 68 is depressed, the arm 67 is swung down (dotted llnes Fig. 8)and the pin 71 on the arm will move to the right, pushing this coin Boutward, pressing it against the pins of the main lever 73 and swinging.the same sufficiently to cause its lower arm 78 to engage the arm 6& ofthe retainer 59 and carry it outward. This releases the coin A. Theother arm 7 6 of the main lever engages the upper end of the stop pawl90 swinging the lower end inward out of the path of the lug 106 on thedisk 84, releasing the disk and shaft 38. Upon the release of theplunger 68, the spring 79 will raise the arm 67 and the main lever willswing back to its original position, permitting the coin retainer 59 tomove back to operative position. Durin this time the coin B is heldbetween the pins 71, 72 and 109. But when the main lever and theretainer 59 stop, the pin 71 continues to recede, thus freeing the coinB which immediately falls to the position A. During all this time thelug 96 rests against the periphery of the disk 84 as shown in Fig. 9.The purchaser now turns the shaft 38 by means of the button 40 whichsoon brings the corner 111 of the disk to the lug 96. If the disk in theposition A is perforated, as when an iron washer is used, the spring 97will swing the arm 95 up, and the arm 98 outward, bringing the shoulder99 (Fig 10) into the path of the flange 86 on the disk, thus stoppingthe shaft. When the knob 40 is released, the spring 88 returns the partsto normal position. If the coin B is not perforated it will hold thearms 96 and 98 in the position shown in Fig. 6, with the shoulder 99inside the path of the flange 86, when the shaft 38 can turn freely. Atthe first quarter of the revolution the lug 106 passes the lower end ofthe pawl 90. After the first half revolution the cam flange 85 engagesthe lower end of this stop pawl and swings it outward as shown in Fig.10,

where the arm remains in the path of the shoulder 99 until swung out ofthe path of the lug 106 by the arm 76 of the main lever. More than onerevolution of the shaft 38 without the introduction of another coin isprevented by the rod 102, arm 98 and the shoulder 99 carried thereby asbefore described, the parts acting in the same manner as when the coinis perforated. Reverse revolution of the shafts is prevented by the pawl112, pivoted on the pin 113, and held in engagement with the gear 31 bythe spring 114. See lower left corner of Fig. 2.

Many changes in the construction of this device may be made by thoseskilled in the art to which this mechanism belongs without departingfrom the spirit of our invention. The proportions will depend upon thecoins to be employed for releasing the locking mechanism and upon thesize and character of the articles to be vended.

Having now explained our construction, what we claim as our inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a vending machine, thecombination of a series of receptacles for the articles to be vended, abase for the same, a series of brackets projecting from the base, anejector pivotally mounted below each receptacle on said brackets,manually operated means to actuate said ejectors in sequence, and meansto withdraw the ejected articles from the machine.

2. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of receptacles forthe articles to be vended, a frame for the lower end of the same, a baseon which said frame is mounted, a series of ejectors, one for eachreceptacle, movably mounted on the base, a shaft and projecting armsrevolubly mounted on the base inoperable relation to the ejectorswhereby the ejectors are actuated in sequence, a manually operableslidable cross head mounted onthe base and having arms positioned toengage the e ected articles, and manually operable means for actuatingsaid shaft.

3. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of properly spacedreceptacles for the articles to be vended, an ejector for each of thereceptacles, means to move said ejectors transversely of the receptaclesto carry the articles to the spaces between the receptacles, a manuallyoperable revoluble member to actuate said ejectors in sequence, means tostop said actuating member after each operation, and a manually operableslidable member for carrying the ejected articles out of the machine.

4. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of receptacles forthe articles to be vended, a transversely movable ejector for each ofthe receptacles, a revoluble main shaft having circumferentially spacedarms,

- one for each ejector, a driving shaft, a mechanism on said drivingshaft to stop the same at the end of one revolution, gears between theshafts whereby one revolution of the driving shaft will turn the mainshaft the space between two arms, and manually operable means forwithdrawing the article from the machine.

5. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of receptacles forthe articles to be vended, a frame for the lower end of the same, a baseon which the frame is mounted, a series of ejectors comprising pivotallymounted plates on which the articles normally rest, a shaft mountedbelow the base and having arms to move the ejector plates from below thearticles, and thus permitting the lowest to fall to the base, a springfor each ejector to return the same to normal position and thereby ejectthe article on the base from the receptacle, said arms on the main shaftbeing circumferentially spaced tooperate said ejectors in sequence, anda slidable member for moving such ejected articles from the machine.

6. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of receptacles forthe articles to be vended, a transversely movable ejector for each ofthe receptacles, a revoluble main shaft having circumferentially spacedarms, one for each ejector, a driving shaft, a disk on the end of thedriving shaft having lugs and cams, a stop-pawl movable into the path ofa lug by a cam to cause the shaft to be stopped at the end of onerevolution, means to release the pawl, gears between said shaftsproportioned so that at one revolution of the driving shaft one arm onthe main shaft will actuate an ejector, and a manually operable slidablememberv for carrying the articles from the machine.

7. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of receptacles forthe articles to be vended formed of flanged sheetmetal sides facing eachother, a base on which said receptacles are mounted, an ejector for eachreceptacle, a manually operated shaft and circumferentially spaced armsto actuate said ejectors in sequence, and a slidable member below thereceptacles manually operable to move the articles out of the machine.

8. In a vending machine, the combination of a series of receptaclespositioned side by side, a frame uniting the lower end of the same, abase having upwardly projecting guide flanges upon which said frame ismounted, a main shaft mounted parallel to the face of the base and belowthe same, radial arms spaced circumferentially on said shaft, one foreach receptacle,.brackets proj ecting from the lower side of the base,one for each receptacle, arms pivoted thereon to swing parallel to theshaft and having cams in the paths of said arms, said arms extendingthrough slots in said base, an ejector plate on the upper end of eacharm upon which the articles in its receptacle normally rest, manuallyoperable means to turn the shaft so its arms may swing said plateslaterally from below said articles, permitting them to fall to the base,a spring for each arm adapted to return it to move the lowest articlelaterally, and manually operable means for carrying such ejected articleout of the machine.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTE ARTHUR CAILLE. HOWARD B. GONOVER.

Witnesses:

T. L. SMITH, Jr, WALTER it. WHELAN.

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